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Acculturate

//əˈkʌl.t͡ʃəˌɹeɪt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To change the culture of (a person) by the influence of another culture, especially a more dominant culture. transitive
  2. 2
    assimilate culturally wordnet
  3. 3
    To cause (a person) to acquire the culture of a society (or of a region, industry, or company), as in the case of children growing up in that culture, immigrants learning that culture, or new hires learning the ropes of a job. transitive
  4. 4
    To be changed by acculturation. intransitive

Etymology

* Back-formation from acculturation; first attested in 1923

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